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US 2016/0110049 A1Published application
Multiple child windows in dual display communication devices
AssigneeZ124
InventorsRon Cassar, Paul E. Reeves, Volodimir Felixovich Lemberg, John S. Visosky
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling maximizing and minimizing of hierarchically related windows.
Claims18
1-17. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- receiving via a gesture capture region, by processor executable middleware in a multi-display communication device, a command to at least one of minimize and maximize a set of related windows from a common multi-screen application, the set of related windows comprising a higher level window and a lower level window at least one of displayed and to be displayed by a first touch sensitive display and a second touch sensitive display, wherein a first gesture is executed on a first gesture capture region with one finger of the user placed on the first gesture capture region, and wherein a second gesture is executed on a second gesture capture region with another finger of the user placed on the second gesture capture region;
- applying, by the processor executable middleware, at least one of the following rules:
- (B1) when the set of related windows is to be minimized, selecting a first touch sensitive display for displaying the higher level window and ceasing to display the lower level window on the second touch sensitive display;
- and
- (B2) when the set of related windows is to be maximized, selecting a first touch sensitive display for displaying one of the higher and lower level windows and causing the other of the higher and lower level windows to be displayed on the second touch sensitive display.
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A communication device, comprising:
- at least first and second touch sensitive displays to display windows;
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable memory, the computer readable memory comprising processor executable middleware operable to:
- receive via a gesture capture region a command to at least one of minimize and maximize a set of related windows from a common multi-screen application, the set of related windows comprising a higher level window and a lower level window at least one of displayed and to be displayed by at least first and second touch sensitive displays to display windows, wherein a first gesture is executed on a first gesture capture region with one finger of the user placed on the first gesture capture region, and wherein a second gesture is executed on a second gesture capture region with another finger of the user placed on the second gesture capture region;
- apply at least one of the following rules:
- (i) when the set of related windows is to be minimized, selecting a first touch sensitive display for displaying the higher level window and ceasing to display the lower level window on the second touch sensitive display;
- and
- (ii) when the set of related windows is to be maximized, selecting a first touch sensitive display for displaying one of the higher and lower level windows and causing the second of the higher and lower level window to be displayed on the second touch sensitive display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.